Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-07-01

b bessnss e kiek bstRsen Smith. q
the Ossaou Imprsssmsna O1mpany,
and tha Ooiumbis and PaRat SQUAD
theg don't hftch io3uthnr, nunnehnw--
ty1f, rlsasa crease ma. thare b ths man
bass ben wnitfnR q 81" AID g mo-
msnt aftsr M. NeNanghf was II eless
oanveEnafisn Win Nelson BsBustt.
a TALK anOuT TMB sWKTcaEAcK.
FL Nixen Who has iast rst1rned
from q txiR 30 EasteEn Wasningio1 Ia
eonnso1ioa with tha Ooln@bia beat.
was fcund IN Q taIkaifve moed toeay,
and Questioned o. 10 the ride ever the
egitchbaek. ia 3 8 aiRAt 70 go thoss
immense dscspod engines elfmbing ~
tboss RFa6eas be aaid- keoD the
moment they t0anh TIE gwttahbaek the
frsman throws epen the door and Eever
quits shossIiiDR coal until they reaeh
tie toD; The em0kestacka Issue forth
Immense volumes Of smoke, sud the
train moves on Q walk all the~Ry up.
There are some ahoEt curves on the
swifohback and tbs immense engines
require 3 double track 10 Rei around
them, a. the front or rear wheels are
clear Of the regular track 81 these
places aud are oazRht By The gravel
tFsck which Il a. close 10 the tFst a. the
dauees will allow"
aYou saw whers the engine jumped
into the cauysn. ssppOssa Have they
got her cut Of il p
Eyes, I knew the sneiDeeF who made
that trip-HenFy Reed. II VS. frosty
morning In April that be vas called to
take o car over. He said
HE WOULD EATaEa KpI.
Bat they toid him 10 10 ahead. The
track was not ballasted, and n they
vent slowly up, the traok rose and q u
before the pressure, greatly increasing
the grade. Every other revelation the
whssls slipped and ran round once %
twice before they c89Rht, and when well
up towards the summit they lost their
grip entirely. Harry shut OF the steam
and Pot IL on full again ~ Il The custom
IN an attempt 10 make them stick, b1t
the wheels only dew roand wildly and
the engine and ear commenced to move
backwards. slowly ct asst, bat gradually
increasing. The fireman and brakeman
jumped OF. Harry stuck 30 her and
tried 10 make che wheels stand, bat Il
vas no nse. Ths sand vas in trent and
the engine was going back while The
wheels Fevoivsd forward, and the gait
vas increasing every instant. When
be saw il vas no uss be tried 10 tie the
whistle down - that she would blsv
aud consumed some valuable seconds
ct that, for there were men at work %
the trestle some distance below He
eouldn't fx 10, and finally when the en-
CINE vas sliding headlong down al thG
rate Of 50 miles an hoaE be jumped
The snow threw him back % that b.
barely escaped the wheels. Engine and
car vent on and down to where 4
struck
rREsrLE ON CURVE
Where q gang Of men were at work
She had been running straight for 6
mile aud 50 continued when abe struck
the ourve-8tFaight cut into the canyon
and down sixty feet into the snow. Shs
went over sideways aAd her wheels ris-
ing on one side and jumping clear 0vel
| the men at work. There she lay unit
the snow melted, and they raised her uE
on Jack screws aud laid track down q
her, attached cable and one Of ths
deoapods pulled her up-the cable part
ing once In the attempt and allowing
her 10 20 back
A SPECIAL SCHOOL TAX.
An election was held at the Contra
Soho0lhouse yesterday for the purPosS
Of voting UPON the lsvyipR OF a specia
tax Of 5000. Bat sixty three vote.
we're east, all bat ten of which were Ia
faVeF OF the tax. This amount val
asked TO purchase site aud erect there
on a new achoOlhouss.
Tacoma, w. T., June 30, 1887.